Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Gatling Plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Jenkins Gatling Plugin 136.vb_9009b_3d33a_e serves Gatling reports in a manner that bypasses the Content-Security-Policy protection introduced in Jenkins 1.641 and 1.625, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by users able to change report content.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins Gatling Plugin | 136.vb_9009b_3d33a_e | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:gatling (Maven) | — | — | No fix listed | GHSA-gw97-cqwg-xmh4 |
- Jenkins Gatling Plugin VendorJenkins Affected 136.vb_9009b_3d33a_e Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:gatling (Maven) Vendor— Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-gw97-cqwg-xmh4
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5806
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gw97-cqwg-xmh4
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/jenkinsci/gatling-plugin/pull/27
- https://github.com/jenkinsci/gatling-plugin/commit/141bd3a811ab641bf618ec588b615cf87469b222
- https://github.com/jenkinsci/gatling-plugin
- https://github.com/jenkinsci/gatling-plugin/releases/tag/136.vb_9009b_3d33a_e
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/06/8
More Jenkins Gatling vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-02050 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Gatling Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-5806 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5806 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gw97-cqwg-xmh4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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